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NASA Study: Cosmic Accident Solves Jupiter-Saturn Puzzle

This artist's concept shows a brown dwarf - an object larger than a planet but not massive enough to kickstart fusion in its ...
Scientists are unraveling the mysteries of "steam worlds"—exoplanets known as sub-Neptunes that are rich in water but orbit ...
Interest in steam world exoplanets really heated up in October 2024 when the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovered the exoplanet GJ 9827 d, twice the size of Earth and located around 100 ...